I agree with Fraggle.Rock. I have had almost no problems with Vista. Yes, I have had some. When I upgraded initially, I just did an upgrade. I was already having problems with XP before I upgraded so I did not expect it too well. And it didn't. But I've had few problems since I did a clean install. I installed the 64-big version of Ultimate, which could have been contributed to most of the problems a year ago, but 3rd party hardware and software venders have had long enough to put out more stable drivers and software. Actually, all my hardware had drivers for 64-bit except my Linksys USB wireless adapter. Hauppauge and K-World TV tuners had drivers for 64-bit. It's Linksys fault there aren't drivers for my adapter, not Microsoft.
As far as software, it not a big problem. Vista has x84 emulators for older software if you need it, and most software still needs it. Most software has no problem running on 64-bit Vista. Most problems come from add-on for IE. Yes, it does say why IE crashed if you click on "More Information." The other problem isn't a problem at all. I have hardware DEP enabled on my PC. So if a website tries to install software on my computer without asking me, my computer forces IE to close. It's annoying, but it's better than getting viruses that try to force their way on my computer. I think it was these programs caused problems with XP for me, because IE never forcefully closed on XP and told me that it was stopping a program from installing.
These reports that dismiss Vista because of a lack 3rd party support should be ashamed of themselves. It's like shooting a runner in the leg and then yell at the runner for coming in last. Or if you will, saying a new game console sucks because no one has made any games for it yet.
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Garst @ Dec 17th 2007 5:02AM
I agree with Fraggle.Rock. I have had almost no problems with Vista. Yes, I have had some. When I upgraded initially, I just did an upgrade. I was already having problems with XP before I upgraded so I did not expect it too well. And it didn't. But I've had few problems since I did a clean install. I installed the 64-big version of Ultimate, which could have been contributed to most of the problems a year ago, but 3rd party hardware and software venders have had long enough to put out more stable drivers and software. Actually, all my hardware had drivers for 64-bit except my Linksys USB wireless adapter. Hauppauge and K-World TV tuners had drivers for 64-bit. It's Linksys fault there aren't drivers for my adapter, not Microsoft.
As far as software, it not a big problem. Vista has x84 emulators for older software if you need it, and most software still needs it. Most software has no problem running on 64-bit Vista. Most problems come from add-on for IE. Yes, it does say why IE crashed if you click on "More Information." The other problem isn't a problem at all. I have hardware DEP enabled on my PC. So if a website tries to install software on my computer without asking me, my computer forces IE to close. It's annoying, but it's better than getting viruses that try to force their way on my computer. I think it was these programs caused problems with XP for me, because IE never forcefully closed on XP and told me that it was stopping a program from installing.
These reports that dismiss Vista because of a lack 3rd party support should be ashamed of themselves. It's like shooting a runner in the leg and then yell at the runner for coming in last. Or if you will, saying a new game console sucks because no one has made any games for it yet.